Candy Apples

Recipe courtesy Andrew Shotts

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: A Semi-Homemade Halloween with Sandra Lee

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (9)

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Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
6 apples

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: 3 min
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 18 min

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Wooden sticks

6 Fuji or Granny Smith apples

1 bag candy corn

1 bag licorice bits

1 1/2 cups water

4 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 1/8 cups corn syrup

3/4 teaspoon red food coloring

Clean apples. Place a wooden stick in the center of the apple. Set aside. Place the candy corn and licorice in separate bowls.

Place the water, sugar, and corn syrup in a clean 3-quart saucepot. Stir to form wet sand.

Place on medium flame until the sugar boils; at that point increase the heat to high. Occasionally, wash sides of pot with cold water and a brush, if needed, to prevent crystallization. Cook on high heat to 283 degrees F. Add red food coloring and swirl around in the pot; do not stir. Continue to cook to 300 degrees F. Remove from the heat and let rest for 3 minutes.

Dip the apple on an angle, rotating the apple clockwise, to coat the apple. Immediately roll the apple in candy corn or licorice. Set aside to cool.

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Anna Ashburn, VA 10-26-2009
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Too hard Too sticky!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

the whole thing turned out to be a mess and in the end my kitchen was coverd in red
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Nichole Auburn Hills, MI 10-31-2006
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Candy Apples
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have been trying to make these apples for a long time because I can't find them in stores to buy. My husband made me about... 8 of them and they are so delicious! Better than the store.Read more
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Anonymous 10-24-2006
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I ended up with a giant mess
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

the candy was impossible to handle and made a mess all over my kitchen.
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J J Carson City, NV 10-24-2006
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the coating was difficult
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

and never did turn out right
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kim excel, AL 01-29-2006
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needs a little tweeking
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

candy mixture scorches easily due to cooking so high or maybe because it reaches such a high temp. it can be cooked on a... lower temperature as long as it is boiling and it will harden properly if it is cooked to 315 degrees. it is also much tastier if cinnamon red hots are added to mixture. they need to be added at the beggining because it takes a while for the red hots to melt.Read more
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Leona Queen Creek, AZ 11-02-2005
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A little tricky
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

My husband and I have made this twice. The first time we filled the room full of smoke and burned the candy horribly. The... second time we made it we took the candy of the heat at 305 degrees and the temperature contine up to 328. We decorated the apples and they looked great. The candy was like a jolly rancher texture when placed on the apples. You could not bite into them. We had to cut the apples open to be able to eat them. Would have liked the candy to have been a little softer, so you could have bite into the apple. Leona Queen Creek, AZ.Read more